Harry Reid Is Not Judge Roberts' Amigo

Harry Reid has decided to vote against Judge Roberts (imagine my surprise), and gave the following statement as to one of the major reasons why he cannot support the nominee (h/t Rush Limbaugh):

REID: Judge Roberts spoke about a Hispanic group that President Reagan would soon address, and he suggested that the audience would be pleased to know that the administration favored legal status for the "illegal amigos" in the audience. (absurd dramatic pause) Illegal amigos. After 23 years, couldn't he acknowledge that that was insensitive, that it was wrong? The use of the Spanish word "amigos" in this memo is patronizing and offensive to a contemporary reader. I don't c -- con -- condemn Judge Roberts for using the word amigos 20 years ago in a nonpublic memo, but I was stunned when at his confirmation hearing he could not bring himself to express regret for using that term, or recognize that it might cause offense.

This is the level of intellect that now represents the leadership of the Democratic Party. Without question, with leaders like this, they are guaranteed to be a permanent minority party.
Of course, they'll always be able to rely on the "illegal amigo" vote.